Hydro-GIS Ltd in cooperation with Bioscan UK are undertaking a hydrological assessment of the Lyth Valley, Cumbria on behalf of Natural England. The Lyth valley, on the south-eastern edge of the Lake District, was periodically flooded from rivers, the sea, surface water and groundwater but since the 19^th century it has been heavily drained and managed to enable intensive agriculture. The current study will establish the hydrological regime within the valley and investigate all sources of flooding with the aim of considering the impact of changing the water management to allow the valley to return to its natural state. Hydro-GIS Ltd are undertaking hydrological modelling, a GIS based  analysis including the interpretation of an aerial thermal survey and field monitoring. The project is due for completion by March 2011.

Dr Harvey Rodda presented the Digitising of British Rainfall Heavy Events at the Royal Meteorological society meeting on 17^th April 2010 to commemorate 150 years of the British Rainfall Organisation. A copy of the presentation can be accessed from the Royal Meteorological Society website: http://www.rmets.org/events/detail.php?ID=4381

Hydro-GIS Ltd are now offering specialist independent GIS training in environmental consultancy as a 2-day introductory GIS course tailored to  clients needs and requirements. We can also provide independent advice on different GIS packages.

The British Rainfall Digital Archive, compiled as part of the NERC funded project “Quantifying Flood Risk of Extreme Events using Density Forecasts Based on a New Digital Archive and Weather Ensemble Predictions” has now been uploaded onto the British atmospheric Data Centre website www.badc.ac.uk

Free access to the archive is restricted to the NERC FREE (Flood Risk from Extreme Events) research programme members for a period of 2 years. Otherwise data can be purchased through Hydro-GIS Ltd.